Scientists at the Duke Clinical Research Institute have found the cost of imaging studies for cancer patients covered by Medicare is rising twice as fast as the overall costs of cancer care among those patients, according to a Duke University Medical Center news release. The results of the study are in the April 28 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The Duke researchers looked at eight different imaging technologies among 100,000 cancer patients between 1999 and 2006. While 2-year costs of overall care per patient rose 2-5 percent, the cost of imaging rose 5-10 percent per patient over the same period, the researchers found.
The use of PET scans rose the fastest, according to the release. Imaging costs make up 6 percent of the total Medicare budget for cancer patients.
Read the release about the study on cancer imaging costs.
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